Newspapers & Periodicals – Page 16 – Haywood County TNGenWeb

Abstracts from The Southern Atlas Newspaper (1860)

January 12, 2026 TNGenWeb

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives. No copyright infringement is intended. Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. & Brownsville States Graphic, Dec. 1838 – Dec. 1905 The Southern Atlas — J. D. Mann, Editor & Proprietor — Volume 1 Number 18 — Brownsville, Tennessee — July 18,1860 UNNATURAL CRIME—Recently the residence of one John HACKET, a farmer in prosperous circumstances…

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Representative Samuel A. McElwee (R-Haywood County 1883-1889)

January 10, 2026 Bettye Liberty Comments 6 comments

Samuel A. McElwee (1857-1914) was born a slave in Madison County, Tennessee, to Robert and Georgianna McElwee. After the Civil War was over, and following a general inclination of former slaves to move, the McElwee family relocated to Haywood County ( the next county west) in 1866. During the years following this move when he was nine or ten years old, Samuel obtained a education in local freedmen schools, and attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin College was one…

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Tragic Death of Alice Brackin Clark in 1925

January 7, 2026 TNGenWeb

Her death certificate indicates Mrs. Alice Clark was born in 1885 in Tennessee, daughter of Dan and Mary (Maupin) Brackin. Alice died April 17, 1925, and was buried at Trinity Cemetery. The information below is transcribed from newspaper articles. Source: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 18 April 1925, page 24 R. S. CLARK REMOVED TO JAIL AT JACKSON Threats Made Against Man Accused of Uxoricide. BROWNSVILLE, Tenn., April 17.– Fearing mob violence. Sheriff E. C. King took R. S. Clark, 58,…

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West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, 1947-1991

January 6, 2026 TNGenWeb

The now-defunct West Tennessee Historical Society published quarterly journals, dating 1947-1991. Physical copies exist in public library collections. Issues are available on microfiche from FamilySearch. Click here to learn more. The publications are indexed in PERSI. Click here to learn more about this essential database resource.

The States-Graphic and Haywood Newspapers History

January 6, 2026 TNGenWeb

The information below is from Newspapers.com — no copyright infringement is intended. The States-Graphic newspaper issues from 1916-1918 are available at Newspapers.com, and some of the content is viewable without a login. Click here to learn more. The same 1916-1918 issues are available free on-line at the Library of Congress Chronicling America collection. Click here to learn more. The States-Graphic in Brownsville, Tennessee, was formed in 1900 when the States-Democrat merged with the Graphic. There are no extant issues of…

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Index to Selected Obituaries from Haywood County

January 5, 2026 TNGenWeb

This table contains a combination of two separate archived pages from the Haywood County TNGenWeb site, with a total of 3,341 entries. One page, identified as obituaries from the 1980’s to about 2010, said it was an index of obituaries from mainly The (Brownsville) States-Graphic newspaper. The other page was identified as a partial listing of obituaries published 1996-1997. To obtain a copy of an obituary, contact the Elma Ross Public Library in Brownsville and provide the information from this…

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